The owners of Highland Dairy Farm (“Highland”) in Clovis, New Mexico are being forced to close down due to chemical contamination which has been sourced to a nearby Air Force Base. The farm
A community in Mexico is reeling after the deadliest pipeline explosion in recent memory claimed over a hundred lives and injured dozens more. At the end of last month, a pipeline located in a poverty-stricken
There are currently some 2.7 million miles of pipeline transporting hazardous substances across the United States. These pipelines often run through multiple states and expose both remote areas and highly populated urban
Though the prolonged government shutdown failed to produce the funding necessary to construct the entire border wall, a pre-existing allocation of $1.6 billion will fund 33-miles of border barrier, with a portion of the barrier
Advances in hydraulic fracturing, known more commonly as fracking, have given rise to a domestic energy revolution with global economic and geopolitical impact. As has been widely reported, the US has become a major exporter
As we know, the private property rights in the United States, though extensive, are not absolute. Using the power of eminent domain, the government can forcibly seize private property for
The 4th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals recently revoked Dominion Energy’s (“Dominion”) permit to construct its Atlantic Coast Pipeline project. The proposed project would begin in
Residents of Silverlake, a subdivision of Pearland, are rightfully outraged at CenterPoint Energy for a construction project that will impose high-voltage electrical towers on their previously clear skyline. CenterPoint’s project will span for 3-miles and is
In response to landowner requests, a handful of Texas politicians are looking for ways to increase the State’s control over Texas Central’s planned Houston to Dallas high-speed rail project (“HSR”). These landowners, who own property
Eminent domain jitters are beginning to affect the residents of southeast Texas who are apprehensive about the government’s proposed Coastal Spine project. The Coastal Spine, also referred to as the Coastal Barrier, is a proposed system of sea gates and
